On Nov 18, 2023, at 7:04 PM, Louis Dina via colorsync-users <colorsync-users@lists.apple.com> wrote:
So, I was hoping to learn more about how our visual system "white balances" a scene.
Very differently than a camera! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_adaptation From the superb Color Primer by Fred Bunting (still a must-have reference decades after being written): "Chromatic Adaptation The term chromatic adaptation, sometimes known as color consistency, refers to the remarkable ability of our visual system to adjust the white point for a scene so that colors appear the same independent of the color temperature of the illumination. The color of an object does not appear to change from indoor fluorescent light to daylight. This is such a common visual experience that we take it for granted. Chromatic adaptation can be a significant issue for color matching in graphic arts. The white point of a monitor and the white of a paper stock may be quite different. Although taken individually, the eye will see each as white. Side by side, the monitor’s white may look rather blue in comparison to the paper’s."